Miliary Tuberculosis Following Transrectal Ultrasonography (TRUS)-Guided Prostate Biopsy.
10.4111/kju.2011.52.6.425
- Author:
Chul Jang KIM
1
;
Taichi SANO
;
Keita TAKIMOTO
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Kohka Public Hospital, Kohka, Japan. cj-kim@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Biopsy;
Complications;
Miliary tuberculosis;
Prostate;
Tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Biopsy;
Cough;
Fever;
Humans;
Prostate;
Prostate-Specific Antigen;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Miliary
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2011;52(6):425-427
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Miliary tuberculosis (TB) after transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy is an extremely rare complication. A 75-year-old patient who presented with high fever and cough following TRUS-guided prostate biopsy for his high serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level (13.104 ng/ml) was diagnosed with miliary TB after clinical, laboratory, and radiological assessments. Histopathological examination of the prostate revealed TB with acid-fast bacilli. He was treated with chemotherapy for 9 months. The patient is now symptom-free, and his post-treatment PSA level was 5.023 ng/ml. This case is reported to acknowledge the possibility that miliary TB can occur as a complication of prostate biopsy if the patient suffers from prostate TB.
